Indiana Jones - Yes I'm Late (no spoilers)
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Issue Date: June 22, 2008
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Clint Eastwood interview
The Oscar winner talks: Will Dirty Harry return?
Clint Eastwood has starred in or directed more than 70 films and TV shows during his six decades in Hollywood. He has appeared in everything from wacky comedies with orangutans to Academy Award-winning westerns, but his defining role was vigilante San Francisco police inspector Harold Callahan, aka Dirty Harry, in a series that spawned four hit sequels (all recently repackaged on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the Ultimate Collector's Edition). Before he headed to the Cannes Film Festival to debut his latest directorial effort, "Changeling," which stars Angelina Jolie, USA WEEKEND talked with Eastwood, 78, about how his iconic cop irrevocably changed the crime-movie genre.
Why haven't you made another "Dirty Harry" movie? Even Harrison Ford put on Indiana Jones' fedora again.
Looking back on it, those movies were a fun ride. But that was 38 years ago. I'm trying to play things within the realm of what I'm comfortable in. You just can't go back and repeat stuff you did when you were 15 years old. And you can't go back and repeat stuff you did when you were 40.
Do people still come up to you and repeat your dialogue from the series?
All the time. People still ask me "Do ya feel lucky, punk?" and all that stuff. In the '70s, it seemed like it happened every other second. Now it's just a little less.
Do you still have the original .44 Magnum that was used in the films?
You know, I do.
Where do you keep it?
I have it somewhere. It's kind of a keepsake. It's not something that I find necessary to fire these days. It's a little overkill for a defense weapon.
Did people frequently confuse you with the character?
At the time "Dirty Harry" and the subsequent pictures came out, the critiques were based upon me being that guy, and they thought I held to his philosophies and would go around with a .44 Magnum, blasting everybody away. Of course, that wasn't the case at all. I tried to explain to people that it's much more fun to play something you aren't than to play something you are.
You obviously feel strongly about the character. Do you have any idea what Harry might be doing today?
He'd probably own a little saloon somewhere. I can't imagine him in a big urban setting. For some reason, I see him off in some small town with a beer bar, and then three guys come in to hold up the joint, then you cut right there -- that's the end of it. [Laughs.]
-- Jeffrey Ressner
I beg to differ I actually live roughly an hour from where Clint Eastwood rest and that's not the word on the street.
On the
phone
with ...
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Clint Eastwood interview
The Oscar winner talks: Will Dirty Harry return?
Clint Eastwood has starred in or directed more than 70 films and TV shows during his six decades in Hollywood. He has appeared in everything from wacky comedies with orangutans to Academy Award-winning westerns, but his defining role was vigilante San Francisco police inspector Harold Callahan, aka Dirty Harry, in a series that spawned four hit sequels (all recently repackaged on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the Ultimate Collector's Edition). Before he headed to the Cannes Film Festival to debut his latest directorial effort, "Changeling," which stars Angelina Jolie, USA WEEKEND talked with Eastwood, 78, about how his iconic cop irrevocably changed the crime-movie genre.
Why haven't you made another "Dirty Harry" movie? Even Harrison Ford put on Indiana Jones' fedora again.
Looking back on it, those movies were a fun ride. But that was 38 years ago. I'm trying to play things within the realm of what I'm comfortable in. You just can't go back and repeat stuff you did when you were 15 years old. And you can't go back and repeat stuff you did when you were 40.
Do people still come up to you and repeat your dialogue from the series?
All the time. People still ask me "Do ya feel lucky, punk?" and all that stuff. In the '70s, it seemed like it happened every other second. Now it's just a little less.
Do you still have the original .44 Magnum that was used in the films?
You know, I do.
Where do you keep it?
I have it somewhere. It's kind of a keepsake. It's not something that I find necessary to fire these days. It's a little overkill for a defense weapon.
Did people frequently confuse you with the character?
At the time "Dirty Harry" and the subsequent pictures came out, the critiques were based upon me being that guy, and they thought I held to his philosophies and would go around with a .44 Magnum, blasting everybody away. Of course, that wasn't the case at all. I tried to explain to people that it's much more fun to play something you aren't than to play something you are.
You obviously feel strongly about the character. Do you have any idea what Harry might be doing today?
He'd probably own a little saloon somewhere. I can't imagine him in a big urban setting. For some reason, I see him off in some small town with a beer bar, and then three guys come in to hold up the joint, then you cut right there -- that's the end of it. [Laughs.]
-- Jeffrey Ressner
I beg to differ I actually live roughly an hour from where Clint Eastwood rest and that's not the word on the street.